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Top 3 Episodes of Breakthroughs Podcast in 2025
This year, the Breakthroughs podcast released 17 episodes on topics including improvements in mental healthcare delivery, precision medicine therapies for rare diseases, an introduction to bedside medicine and much more.
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Elucidating Brain Communication Networks
The human brain is often described as the most complex network in existence, with billions of neurons exchanging signals across intricate pathways. Recent research led by Feinberg investigators is revealing how different regions of the brain coordinate and process information, and how disruptions in these networks can impact health.
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Arvanitis Honored with International Leadership Award
Constadina (Dina) Arvanitis, PhD, director of Feinberg’s Center for Advanced Microscopy, has been honored with the 2025 Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) Vice President’s Award for her outstanding leadership and service to the global scientific imaging community.
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Twelve Feinberg Investigators Named to 2025 Highly Cited List
Twelve Feinberg faculty members were named to the 2025 “Highly Cited Researchers” list, published by Clarivate Analytics. The annual list identifies investigators who have demonstrated significant influence in their field through the publication of highly cited publications over the preceding eleven years.
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Spearheading Reproductive Science Research
In 1974, Neena Schwartz, PhD, the William Deering Professor of Endocrinology, launched Northwestern’s Program for Reproductive Research to catalyze reproductive biology research and collaboration across the university.
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Nation’s First MIRAVA Polyscope Comes to Center for Advanced Microscopy
Feinberg investigators now have access to one of the most advanced super-resolution imaging systems in the world, thanks to the installation of the MIRAVA Polyscope at the Center for Advanced Microscopy.
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Feinberg Scientists Reveal Hidden Dynamics of the Cell’s Smallest Structures
Scientists at Feinberg are reshaping scientific understanding of the cell’s tiniest components—structures once thought to be static, now revealed to be dynamic engines of cellular life.
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Krainc Presented with 2025 Tripartite Prize
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, chair of the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology and Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor, has been named the winner of the 2025 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
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Feinberg Expands Prosthetics & Orthotics Education with Research Track Master’s Program
Northwestern has expanded the prosthetics and orthotics program with a Master of Prosthetics and Orthotics Research (MPO-R) degree, which offers the combination of rigorous clinical training with advanced research education.
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Northwestern Accepting Nominations for 2026 Kimberly Prize
Northwestern University is accepting nominations for its $250,000 Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. The annual prize will be awarded in 2026.
